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Fig. 25 Bone Breathing 2. Bone Compression Fig. 25 Bone Breathing 2. Bone Compression This exercise is another mean of increasing the flow of Chi to the muscles and the bones, squeezing out toxins, sediment, waste material, and negative emotions that have become stored in the muscles. Once these negative qualities are cleaned out, positive ones have room to grow. Positive emotions relax the muscles and the entire body. We also know the Bone Compression as the Power Exercise or the Dynamic...
Hip Rotations
1. Stand with the feet parallel and slightly wider than shoulder width apart. Place the hands on the sides of the waist. As you perform the hip rotations, keep the head above the feet. Move slowly and easily, breathing deeply and continuously. 3. Move the hips in a large clockwise circle 4. Now move the hips in a circle to the back. 5. Move the hips counterclockwise. 6. Repeat steps 2-5 eight more times. 7. Reverse the direction and repeal steps 2-5 nine times.
Shoulder Rotation with Eyes
1. Lateral movement Spot an object in each extreme angle of your peripheral vision and move from one to the other alternately without turning your neck. 2. Up and down Spot an object over your head, another one by your feet and go from one to the other without tilting your head. 3. Upper right corner of the right eye to the left corner of the left eye. 4. Upper left corner of the left eye to the right corner of the right eye. 5. Rotations Follow a circle around the eyes very slowly and catch...
Empty Force in Lower Middle Upper Parts of the Body
Breathe in the three abdominal areas Lower, Middle and Upper and exhale deeply out with mouth open. Breathe in deeply and exhale, sticking the tongue out and curling it under with the movement of the lower abdominal area emptying any further air out of the body. Optional Men Pull your genitals down at the same time as you breathe and Women Use a string and jade egg . Do the same procedure for the Middle and Upper abdominal areas, then move the tongue and abdomen in a circular motion and reverse...
Bone Breathing
The Bone Breathing Process uses the mind and the eyes to absorb the Cosmic Force into the bones. The mind and the eyes are also used immediately after each exercise in any posture to bring the energy down to the navel. Bone Breathing is the method of drawing external energy through the skin into the bones to clean out fat in the bone marrow Cleansing the Marrow . This process helps to regenerate the bone marrow, thereby rejuvenating the production of blood and Chi. It is vital to the practice...
Opening the Door of Life
1. Begin in the same stance as the Waist Loosening. Twist to the left as in the Waist loosening exercise, initiating the movement from the hips. Let the right arm swing across the front of the torso, raising it up to head height with the palm facing away from you. At the same time, let the left arm swing around the back and place the back of the left hand over the Door of Life point the point on the spine opposite the navel . 2. When you reach your full extension, relax, and then extend again...
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Windmill Exercise Opening the Spinal Joints
Do each phase of this practice very slowly and mindfully. 1-3. Begin in the same stance as for Waist Loosening. Bring both hands together and hook the two thumbs together. Keeping the hands close to the torso, inhale and raise the arms until they are extended straight above the head, with the fingers pointing upward. Gently stretch up in this position, extending the spine slightly backwards. You can even say Ahhhhhh as you would when you stretch first thing in the morning. 4-5. Begin to exhale...
Squatting to Open Sacrum
A good exercise for developing the squatting position is to stand with your feet shoulder width when you improve your squatting ability, place both feet together close to a wall, facing the wall and then to squat straight down from the kua like you are sitting down, not bending the knees too much . The wall will prevent you from leaning forward when you squat. Some people tend to bend the head forward first, and also to bend the back and lean forward. Using a wall will make you see whether you...
Bouncing
Bouncing the body can be compared to a brief ride on the subway. For those of you who commute, this can be practiced on the way to work as well. 1. Just relax the body while concentrating on opening the joints, and bounce on the floor without any tension. 2. Let the vibration in the heels work its way up through the entire skeletal system from the legs to the spine to the neck to the skull. Shoulders and arms should vibrate as they hang loosely by the sides of the body. To enhance this, you can...
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Hand and Wrist
One arm and hand active, the other arm and hand passive. The passive side receives the treatment exercise, the other side active side gives the stretch. Stretch is given upon exhalation. a. The active hand lifts up the passive wrist at sternum level and flexes the wrist by pushing the hand toward the inside of the arm. 2. Internal rotation with flexion and abduction of the wrist a. Passive hand facing your face the active hand wraps around the back of the passive hand, thumb between the little...
Spinal Cord Breathing
Inhale and expand the chest, arms bent at the elbows and extended to the sides of the body. Exhale, tuck the tailbone under and round the back forward, bringing the elbows toward one another in front of the chest. Inhale, expand the chest, tuck the chin in toward the throat, push the chin back, raise the crown and bring the arms out to the sides. Repeat this back and forth movement 36 times. This movement activates the cranial and sacral pumps, and loosens all the joints in the spine. Head...
Knee Rotations
Standing with feet together, hands on your knees, knees flexed, rotate both knees together, exercising your ankles and knees with clockwise counterclockwise rotations. 1. Place the feet together. Bend the knees and place the palms lightly on the kneecaps. 2. Slowly and gently rotate the knees to the left. 3. Rotate the knees to the back. 4. Rotate the knees to the right. 5. Repeat steps 2 and 4 eight more times. 6. Now reverse direction and repeat nine times.